Commander

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Global commander stats

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1701 Wins

3638 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,356 recorded Playgroup games, winning 31% of them (1701–3638) at an Elo of 1,521, ranking #1595 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.53 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Go-Shintai of Life's Origin's win rate?

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin has a 31% win rate across 5356 recorded Playgroup games (1701 wins, 3638 losses).

How long do winning games with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin take?

Wins with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Go-Shintai of Life's Origin?

2,110 decks list Go-Shintai of Life's Origin as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,146 have played at least one recorded game.

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1595

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1521

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 4

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.53

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 2110

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1146

No. games played with this commander 5356

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1720	Laingoo	17	14	82 %
2	1617	Bruzman	8	5	63 %
3	1589	Gaston Sosa	2	2	100 %
4	1578	Nimbus	3	3	100 %
5	1577	Niño Bravo	71	23	32 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins, 36.06% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

36.06%

Alternative

29.37%

Combat

27.32%

Combo

4.96%

Commander Damage

1.18%

Mill

0.94%

Poison

0.16%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 1735 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin decks that leave them out.

+9.2 pp

Top card: Rockfall Vale

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Rockfall Vale 82 games	+9.2 pp	82
2	Northern Air Temple 268 games	+6.7 pp	268
3	The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	55
4	City of Brass Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	54
5	Southern Air Temple 273 games	+6.3 pp	273
6	The Spirit Oasis 274 games	+6.1 pp	274
7	Hei Bai, Forest Guardian 165 games	+5.2 pp	165
8	Dreamroot Cascade Signature build 62 games · Signature build	+4.8 pp	62
9	Kyoshi Island Plaza 223 games	+4.4 pp	223
10	Deathcap Glade 76 games	+4.3 pp	76

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Extinguish All Hope 318 games	+3.5 pp	318
12	Deserted Beach 78 games	+3.4 pp	78
13	Decanter of Endless Water Signature build 64 games · Signature build	+2.1 pp	64
14	Cultivate 248 games	+1.9 pp	248
15	Mountain 472 games	+1.8 pp	472

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins 36.81% of games from position 1 and 19.01% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

36.81% n=1535

Seat 2

33.1% n=1408

Seat 3

29.47% n=1242

Seat 4

23.83% n=768

Seat 5

19.01% n=121

Seat 6

23.81% n=21

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins 31.15% after 0 mulligans and 100.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.15% n=2576

1 mulligan

32.91% n=781

2 mulligans

26.45% n=242

3 mulligans

21.05% n=76

4 mulligans

41.67% n=12

5 mulligans

0.0% n=3

6 mulligans

100.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Go-Shintai of Life's Origin 3.62/5 on average, across 3672 self-reports.

3.62 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Go-Shintai of Life's Origin wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.3% of the time across 1725 tracked wins.

68.3 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Go-Shintai of Life's Origin. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.